The Virginia Gentleman

[planefag @planefag]

An awful lot of people – including people I respect on an intellectual and professional level, some of whom are professionals themselves – have been talking as if an "agreement" or "treaty" will be the defining outcome of the Iran War; to the point of saying "better than JCPOA" will be the standard by which it's tested.

It's like the multi-week all-out bombing campaign which vaporized fifty years of Iranian defense industrial base buildup, including their entire ballistic missile production chain, their centrifuge production capacity and key nuclear test facilities just... didn't happen.

Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed, and Iran's entire physical war-making apparatus has been kinetically entropified and spread across the desert in little pieces by a biblical deluge of high explosives. And as Trump points out here, even if the Chinese decide to divert a staggering amount of yuan from their own military build-up to try and rebuild Iran's capabilities, we can just blow it up again... except with a fraction of the munitions as the heavy lift has been done already, and as the B-21 Raider comes on-line, with an exponentially dropping number of requisite airframes given the myriad advantages of stealth. If China wishes to dump billions of dollars in a desert where we can blow it up for a fraction of its cost without starting WWIII, I say let them.

Operation Mullah Massacre cannot be undone. Iran's warmaking capability has been decisively smashed into little pieces and moreover, we've destroyed the only deterrent Iran had in both reality and credibility, so repeat visits will be far cheaper. And above all, Israel isn't going anywhere and as events of the past few years have shown their intel/SOF penetration of Iran is unbelievably thorough. The primary purpose of allying with Israel for America was always as a proxy to contain Iran; with the long-delayed hammer blow finally delivered, now Israel's a bulldog that will slowly choke what little life is left out of the theocracy. Iran may survive, but I doubt the IRGC will.

I am begging you all, with tears in my eyes, to pull your heads out of the mystic wordcel dimension and smell the stench of burnt smoke and solid rocket fuel, because the fires are still burning.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@Gifnob @everyonebpup Cost me 40 bucks for a family of 4. This is cope.

[Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle]

My wife gets nervous taking our kids to the park because sometimes there are unaccountable billionaires sleeping in the bushes, prone to getting pushy or acting dangerously as they avoid paying their fair share in broad daylight while the police do nothing

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@Cernovich You do this for clicks at this point.

[Damani Felder @TheDamaniFelder]

Imagine watching the Deep State torpedo Eric Swalwell in less than 7 days, and still thinking there's a magical career-ending bombshell they've had on Trump but not released over the past 11 years.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@goJohnnyA @ChristianHeiens During the run up to the 24 election, Elon and Vivek mentioned that was going to happen. I think that has been abandoned at this point.

[Marlin @nostalgiafkninc]

Blackpillers should really just log off the internet between now and the midterms. Similarly to women, you’re just not built for this. We’ll come wake you up when it’s all over.

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

Good evening @RepRoKhanna. We hope you had a nice Saturday.

Several people have requested we comment on your post. We will quickly before we take Mrs. USOGA out for date night.

First - like you, we hope this war will end soon and things will return to normal. Until then - things will be what they will be.

But high gas prices in your district aren’t “Trump’s war”—they’re Sacramento’s doing.

California drivers pay nearly double the national average in state taxes, plus cap-and-trade, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, unique reformulated gasoline, refinery limits, and geographic isolation that blocks cheap imports.

That adds $1.00–$1.78+ over the U.S. average.

Here is our suggestion. Your proposed windfall profits tax will do nothing to bring relief to your overtaxed and underappreciated constituents.

Instead -suspend those state-level taxes first and bring California prices in line with the national average.

Put your state bureaucracy on a diet. They could stand to shed a few pounds.

Encourage California domestic oil and gas production and expand your refinery capacity instead of shutting it down.

Stand up to your Governor. You know he is wrong and you can be on the right side of things

And let's talk windfall profits tax.

They don't work. While you don't call it a windfall profits tax, California recently passed one and called it a "wealth tax" now you see high net worth individuals fleeing your state.

History proves it backfires.

The 1980 Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax cut domestic production 1–8% (hundreds of millions of barrels lost), boosted imports 3–13%, raised far less revenue than projected after deductions, created massive bureaucracy, and was repealed in 1988 because it discouraged supply exactly when America needed more.

That in turn led us to depend even more on Middle East imports for another 20 years right up until the shale revolution occurred. Kind of like how California is dependent on imports now.

Your repeated sponsorship of a new Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act would repeat the exact same mistake—shrinking U.S. output and raising costs.

Crude exports? They expand global supply, narrow price spreads (WTI-Brent) which is exerts downward pressure on world prices.

It is directly helping allies in Europe and Asia counter China's skirting sanctions and colluding with Iran to purchase crude at huge discounts.

Restricting exports would tighten markets, spike costs everywhere—including here—and hurt the consumers you claim to protect.

Finally we must also point out that
your voting record shows consistent opposition to our industry you want to tax. For example, you:

Voted against leasing more public lands and waters for oil drilling (2023, Roll Call 23).

Voted against reversing land-management protections to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling—multiple times, including 2025 Roll Call 295 and earlier efforts to halt ANWR development.

Opposed critical oil and gas leasing reforms and fast-tracking fossil-fuel infrastructure (2024 Roll Call 95; 2025 votes undermining LNG authority and blocking fracking bans).

Voted NO on NDAA provisions that would expedite oil/gas permitting (2022–2023).

You have a 99% lifetime League of Conservation Voters score—near-perfect opposition to domestic energy exploration, production and leasing.

You’ve led hearings attacking us and sponsored bills to repeal industry tax provisions.

Fine—own that record.

But please stop shifting blame to “Trump’s war” or federal policy while California’s own choices keep your constituents paying the highest pump prices in America.

Real relief comes from more American supply + streamlined permitting, not recycled 1980s taxes or more restrictions.

Energy abundance, not rhetoric, lowers prices and bolsters U.S. and allied security.

Mrs. USOGA has instructed us to put the phone away so we will do that.

Have a good weekend.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@lthlnkso Are the riders terror states who chant death to America and have funded terrorist attacks for decades?

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@esaagar Hysteria Points

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@DMW52 @EndTribalism It really has become Hysteria Points, ever since Ukraine. Totally YouTube algorithm capture.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@Cernovich When the redistricting vote goes through, will you finally drop this narrative that Virginia is some swing state and realize Youngkin was an anomaly caused by Covid lockdown/Loudon County School backlash?

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@LibertyLockPod @TheQuartering Please list the books you read for such a moronic take. So we can all avoid them.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@TheQuartering He cannot be serious, is he?

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@Cernovich Wrong.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@beinlibertarian There will be no secession, the State won't allow it. Virginia is a lost cause.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@Cernovich Stop posting this, it is simply untrue.

[The Virginia Gentleman @Collapsetarian]

@ScottPresler As a Virginian we appreciate your efforts!

[Sukh Sidhu @SukhSidhuDXB]

“Dubai will run out of interceptors in days, then it’s over”

“Iran are using their old missiles first, wait until they use their new stuff”

“Dubai will run out of food, shelves will be empty, have fun starving”

“Iran will hit desalination plants then you’ve got no water”

“Iran will send ground troops to the UAE”

We get it, you don’t like the UAE, you want to see us all suffer

But honestly, it’s getting a little embarrassing

Surely at some point you’re going to have to have a word with yourself about being wrong every single time you share an opinion